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Undiscovered 1957 Lennon Photo in Daily Mail Sat 10 May
As a result of the BBC “Inside Out” programmes in 2007 and 2008 featuring the Quarrymen and Geoff Rhind’s famous photo of John with the Quarrymen at St Peter’s Church Fete in 1957, Rod Davis was prompted to look once again through the huge collection of black and white negatives and colour slides left to him by his father, James Davis, who was a keen amateur photographer. To his amazement he found a photo of John with the the Quarrymen which had lain undiscovered for the last 52 years! James Davis had himself searched many times through his photo archive to see if he had taken a shot which included John, but had never found one. The photograph and the full story of its discovery was published in the Daily Mail on Saturday 10 May!
The photo in question, showing John himself, was taken a couple of seconds before this one - on which John is obscured by Len Garry. The Quarrymen are on the back of a lorry in the St Peter’s Rose Queen Procession around the village and are travelling down King’s Drive. The Quarrymen have just realised that they have been photographed and have turned round to look at Rod Davis’s father with the camera!
New Quarrymen film ......and CD!
Star-Club TV announce their first film:
The Quarrymen - The Band that started The Beatles
In conjunction with Horst Fascher, founder of Hamburg's celebrated Star-Club, Garrelt Danker Medienproduktion, the German media company, brings music legends of the 50s and 60s back into the limelight - with lots of humour and affection.
“The Quarrymen - The Band that started The Beatles” (65 min) - the first film of the Horst Fascher Star-Club TV series, celebrated its television premiere on June 14, 2009. What better subject for this first episode than the fascinating story of the early days of the most famous music group of all time?
Although The Star-Club was born in Hamburg in 1962 the echoes of its success continue to reverberate worldwide throughout today’s rock and pop music. Under the guidance of Horst Fascher himself, Star-Club TV is the legitimate successor of the original Star-Club and still boasts the original logo.
Featured in the film are interviews with Colin Hanton, Len Garry and Rod Davis, three original members of the “Pre-Beatles” - John Lennon’s 1950s group “The Quarrymen“ to which Paul McCartney and George Harrison both belonged.
The film also includes newly discovered photos, which have lain hidden since July 1957, of the “Day John Met Paul” at the St Peter’s Church Fete in Woolton, Liverpool, together with live footage of a modern-day concert by the remaining Quarrymen and the sound of their first new single for over 50 years - “Never stop Rockin’ ‘n’ Rollin’”.
- CLICK HERE FOR STILLS FROM THE DVD
The Quarrymen’s first single since 1958 - recorded in conjunction with the Star-Club tv film announced below - couples a “Twenty Flight Rock” recorded at their concert in Dahme, German with a new song “Never Stop Rockin’ Rollin’” which is featured on the film. The two track cd comes in a great presentation tin and it can be bought over the Internet or if you prefer, you can purchase a download of the “Never Stop Rockin’ Rollin’” track from the Star-Club tv website.
Quarrymen Film!
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In November this year Quarryman Rod Davis will be on tour in Canada with American bluesman and Red House Records recording artist Guy Davis. On his European tours Guy has stayed at Rod’s home several times and they found that they got on musically very well together, as a result of which Guy asked Rod to join him as support on his three week tour of Canada, playing everywhere from Toronto right across to Vancouver Island!
On their tour Guy will of course be playing guitar and banjo and also showing off his incredible harmonica skills. Rod will be flying the flag for the Quarrymen, playing some of their skiffle and rock ’n’ roll numbers as well as some of the solo material he has been performing over the years. Rod hopes to meet some of the friends the Quarrymen made in Canada when then played in Vancouver and Vancouver Island in January 1999, it seems like only yesterday! He also hopes to generate interest in a return visit to Canada by all the Quarrymen, especially in the light of the new film about John Lennon, “Nowhere Boy”, which deals with John’s youth in Liverpool and in which the Quarrymen are played as youngsters.
Guy Davis - Bluesman TOUR DATES: Canada Nov/Dec 2009: `Nov:
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The Quarrymen made a rare appearance in the UK on Fri 30th Oct when they played at The Flavel Arts Centre in Dartmouth, Devon. This time John Duff Lowe was in the lineup on piano, with Len Garry, Colin Hanton and Rod Davis, and joining them on bass was an old friend, Mike Wilsh, of the Four Pennies.
The Quarrymen had a great evening singing songs from their fifties repertoire, ably supported by Mike on string bass, and telling stories of how it all began.
One Quarryman flying the flag in Canada from 19 Nov - 8 Dec!
The Quarrymen at the Flavel Arts Centre
Dartmouth, Devon
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